different between oont vs oontz

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Hindi ??? (???, “camel”), Sauraseni Prakrit ???????????????? (u??a), from Sanskrit ?????? (u??ra, “camel”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *úštras (“camel; buffalo”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, General American, General Australian) IPA^(key): /?nt/
• (India) IPA^(key): /??t/, /???/

Noun

oont (plural oonts)

1. (India (Anglo-Indian), Australia, colloquial) A camel. [from 19th c.]

Notes

Further reading

• “oont” in the Collins English Dictionary

Anagrams

• Toon, noot, noto-, on to, onto, onto-, tono-, toon

English

Etymology 1

Noun

oontz (uncountable)

1. (dated) The game of craps.

Etymology 2

Imitative.

Alternative forms

• untz

Interjection

oontz

1. (slang) Imitating an electronic drum sound.
   • 1999, "BRENTT NEWMAN", Garage? (discussion on Internet newsgroup alt.music.jungle)

     Garage isn't very much lke ^[sic] jungle. The garage that I've heard is like jazzy house (has the oontz oontz oontz beat) maybe a little loungy.

   • 2000, "Tiny Human Ferret", Musical Pretention (discussion on Internet newsgroup alt.gothic.pretentions)

     Maybe if I had some electronic drumbeats and grinding noises and of course some oontz oontz oontz noises...

   • 2002, "Evil Sponge", Gonna go see Blade II today - wanna come? (discussion on Internet newsgroup alt.books.clive-barker)

     I thought you didn't like all that oontz oontz music : )

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